Jon Kersey is a freelance photographer based in Santa Cruz, California. His specialties are photographing people and creating unique, dreamy Holga images.
Jon taught photography and did media production work for the Social Sciences Division at the University of California Santa Cruz for twenty-five years.

Jon Kersey grew up in the Los Angeles area. He moved to Santa Cruz in 1974. He graduated from UC Santa Cruz with a BA in Philosophy in 1977. He’s traveled for extended periods of time in the South Pacific and Asia.
Jon has been involved in photographic education since 1983. He recently left his position as manager of the Social Sciences Media Lab at the University of California Santa Cruz to spend more time doing photography and less time teaching it.
In addition to the portfolios show here, Jon has produced photo projects on Grupo Folklorico Los Mejicas and The People of India and Nepal. Bookmark this page and watch for additional projects!